Sept. 29, 2026
CIHR Project Grant review: Have your say
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is consulting on potential changes to the Project Grant program, including how often competitions run, how applications are reviewed and how grants are sized.
These changes could have important implications for O’Brien Institute members. OIPH members have been among UCalgary’s most successful CIHR applicants, particularly in health services and policy and population and public health research. At the same time, application pressure is growing in these areas.
We want to hear from members about how the proposed changes could affect your research and how the O’Brien Institute can best support you, both as CIHR considers changes to the program and under the existing structure.
Share your feedback
Complete our short member survey to tell us which proposed changes matter most to you and what supports from the O’Brien Institute would be most useful. The survey takes about six minutes and responses are anonymous.
Complete the O’Brien Institute member survey
Learn more
We’ve prepared a short summary outlining the proposed changes and what they could mean for O’Brien Institute members.
Read the O’Brien Institute summary
You can also review CIHR’s white paper on the future of the Project Grant program.
Join the UCalgary consultation session
The Office of the Vice-President (Research) is hosting a CIHR consultation session for the UCalgary community on Monday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to noon on Zoom.
The session will include a presentation on CIHR’s white paper followed by a Q&A. Members can also submit questions about the proposed changes in advance.